[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c13.69 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.69 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.69 - **Language:** English ### [c13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.69) ¹ \*ŚP\*, 60. 25. The \*Śānti Parvan\* provisions refer to the vaiśya herdsmen and agricultural labourers, but they may have applied to the śūdras as well. - [Previous: c13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.68) - [Next: c13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.70) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.69) · Pramāṇa